Posts By: Jenna

Teenage Dick is a brutal but funny production that captures Shakespeare’s villain.

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The Shakespeare Company is producing Richard III right now in the Vertigo Studio, and down the street at the Martha Cohen Theatre, Alberta Theatre Projects, in association with The Shakespeare Company and Hit & Myth Productions is producing Teenage Dick, a modern interpretation of Shakespeare’s Richard III. It’s a lot of examination of the villainous […]

Vertigo Theatre’s Gaslight is not quite a thriller.

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Back in 2013, Vertigo Theatre put on Gaslight, by Patrick Hamilton. This play is where the psychological term ‘gaslighting’ originated, referring to the practice of emotional abuse that makes people think they are losing their sanity. Now, Vertigo Theatre is putting on a new adaptation by Johnna Wright and Patty Jamieson based on the original […]